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A New Index for Pre-Operative Cardiovascular Evaluation [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Currently used indices for pre-operative cardiovascular evaluation are either powerful, but complex, or simple, but with weak discriminatory power.
Sbeity, Eman, Dakik, Habib Abbas, Abou-Hassan, Ossama K., Makki, Maha H., Tamim, Hani Mohammed, Msheik, Ahmad, Hassan, Hussein, Eldirani, Mahmoud, Chehab, Omar M., Karam, Cynthia J., Kaspar, Chris, Msheik, Mayyas M.   +11 more
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The therapeutic effects of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on obesity and its associated diseases in diet-induced obese mice [PDF]

, 2021
Obesity is a global public health concern associated with increased risk of several comorbidities. Due to the limited effectiveness of current therapies, new treatment strategies are needed.
jaber, Hala, Eid, Ali, Issa, Khodr, Saleh, Fatima A., Eid, Ali H.   +4 more
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Worsening of the Cardiovascular Profile in a Developing Country [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Lebanon has no established governmental noncommunicable diseases surveillance and monitoring system to permit reporting on noncommunicable diseases rates. The last World Health Organization-supported surveillance report showed worrying trends
Breidy, Juliana, Mohamad M. Almedawar, Nancy Nakhoul, Hussain A. Isma'eel, Nathalie Khoueiry-Zgheib, Isma’eel, Hussain A., Nasrallah, Mona P., Tamim, Hani Mohammed, Mohamad Abiad, Nasreddine, Lara M., Khoueiry-Zgheib, Nathalie, Mona Nasrallah, Almedawar, Mohamad Musbah, Juliana Breidy, Hani Tamim, Nakhoul, Nancy F., Lara Nasreddine, Youssef Mouneimne, Mouneimne, Youssef, Abiad, Mohamad G.   +19 more
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Effectiveness of radial artery–based multiarterial coronary artery bypass grafting: Role of body habitus [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The multiarterial grafting survival advantage noted in the overall population undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting is not well defined in the obese.
Habib, Joseph R., Milo C. Engoren, Mark R. Bonnell, Ramia, Paul S., Paul S. Ramia, Joseph R. Habib, Robert H. Habib, Schwann, Thomas A., Bonnell, Mark R., Thomas A. Schwann, Habib, Robert H., Engoren, Milo C.   +11 more
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The impact of dietary habits and metabolic risk factors on cardiovascular and diabetes mortality in countries of the Middle East and North Africa in 2010: a comparative risk assessment analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Objective/design We conducted a comparative risk assessment analysis to estimate the cardiometabolic disease (CMD) mortality attributable to 11 dietary and 4 metabolic risk factors in 20 countries of the Middle East by age, sex and time.
Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar, Hwalla, N., Danaei, Goodarz, Zaghloul, S., Mozaffarian, D., Pekcan, Gulden, Sibai, Abla Mehio, Abdollahi, Morteza, Fahimi, Saman, Pekcan, G., Afshin, Ashkan, Shi, P., Fahimi, S., Micha, Renata, Al-Hooti, Suad N., Mehio-Sibai, Abla Mehio, Micha, R., Hwalla, Nahla, Powles, John W., Khatibzadeh, S., Zaghloul, Sahar S., Houshiar-Rad, A., Sibai, A.M., Mozaffarian, Dariush, Musaiger, Abdulrahman, Yakoob, M.Y., Singh, Gitanjali, Al-Hooti, S., Koksal, Eda, Farzadfar, Farshad, Musaiger, Abdulrahman Obaid, Ezzati, Majid, Danaei, G., Afshin, Ashkan and Micha, Renata and Khatibzadeh, Shahab and Fahimi, Saman and Shi, Peilin and Powles, John and Singh, Gitanjali and Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar and Abdollahi, Morteza and Al-Hooti, Suad and Farzadfar, Farshad and Houshiar-rad, Anahita and Hwalla, Nahla and Koksal, Eda and Musaiger, Abdulrahman and Pekcan, Gulden and Sibai, Abla Mehio and Zaghloul, Sahar and Danaei, Goodarz and Ezzati, Majid and Mozaffarian, Dariush and NUTRItrition ChrOnic Dis Expert Gr and Metab Risk Factors ChrOnic Dis Col, Hwalla, Nahla C., Ezzati, Majid Hassanpour, Singh, Gitanjali M., Koksal, E., Powles, J., Farzadfar, F., Houshyar-Rad, Anahita H., Singh, G., Zaghloul, Sahar, Khatibzadeh, Shahab, Houshiar-rad, Anahita, Ezzati, M., Afshin, A., Shi, Peilin, Al-Hooti, Suad, Abdollahi, M., Powles, John, Pekcan, Gülden Ayla, Musaiger, A.   +52 more
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Distinguishing characteristics of metabolically healthy versus metabolically unhealthy obese adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Objective To investigate the key physical, metabolic, hormonal and cardiovascular characteristics of metabolically healthy obese (MHO) versus unhealthy obese (MUHO) girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Design Cross-sectional study.
Kim, Joon-young, Michaliszyn, Sara Fleet, Arslanian, Silva A., Lee, Sojung, Tfayli, Hala M.   +4 more
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Early Biomarkers of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Obese Adolescent Girls with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives Because in obese youth, pulse wave velocity (PWV), an early cardiovascular disease marker, is elevated, we tested if obese girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (OB-PCOS) have higher PWV and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) compared with ...
Warren-Ulanch, Julia G., Hughan, Kara S., Barinas-Mitchell, Emma J.M., Arslanian, Silva A., Tfayli, Hala M.   +4 more
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Markers of arterial stiffness in a sample of Lebanese subjects with Grade I essential hypertension [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: Arterial stiffness is becoming a major global condition associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular problems and death. Several markers have been linked to arterial stiffness.
El Sayegh, Skye, Birbari, Adel E., Mallat, Samir G., Samir Mallat, Skye El Sayegh, Bou-Assi, Tarek, Abdo Jurjus, Alice Jurjus, Shams, Ali, Adel Berbari, Tarek Bou Assi, Jurjus, Alice, Ali Shams, Jurjus, Abdo R.   +13 more
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Effect of age, gender, and left ventricular diastolic function on left atrial volume index in adults without known cardiovascular disease or risk factors

, 2013
There are limited data on reference values of left atrial volume indexes (LAVIs) in adults without known cardiovascular disease or risk factors, as well as their stratification by age, gender, and diastolic stage.
Thomas J.D., Alraies M.C., Aljaroudi W., Rodriguez L., Grimm R.A., Jaber W.A., Halley C.   +6 more
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Impact of Low Ankle-Brachial Index on the Risk of Recurrent Vascular Events

, 2019
Background and Purpose- Low ankle-brachial index (ABI) identifies a stroke subgroup with high risk of recurrent stroke, cardiovascular events, and death.
Arauz, Antonio, Amarenco, Pierre, Yamout, Bassem I., Massaro, Ayrton, Steg, Philippe, Yamout, Bassem, Vicaut, Eric, Monteiro, Linsay, Massaro, Ayrton Roberto, Steg, Philippe Gabriel, Lavados Germain, Pablo M., Labreuche, Julien, Abboud, Halim M., Lavados, Pablo, Bryer, Alan, Monteiro Tavares, Linsay, Munoz Collazos, Mario, Arauz, Antonio Antonio, Muñoz-Collazos, Mário, Monteiro-Tavares, Linsay, Abboud, Halim, Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel   +21 more
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